APPARATUS FOR HANDLING SOILED ARTICLES

摘要

A tampon disposal device includes a tubular stiffener, and a membrane conforming to the stiffener with an opening on one end and an enclosure opposite the opening. The membrane is folded inside the stiffener into a first layer attached to the stiffener; and second and third layers that form a lip surrounding the stiffener near a stiffener rim. The second layer folds over the rim, reversing direction to become the third layer lip portion. The third layer continues inside the stiffener. A weak adhesive attaches the lip to the outside stiffener. Another adhesive attaches the first layer to the second layer inside the stiffener. When a hand grasps a tampon string with the membrane and pulls on the string, the first adhesive allows the lip to separate and be pulled into the stiffener together with the tampon. Pushing inwardly on the stiffener seals the tampon inside the membrane.

主权项

1. A device for handling soiled articles, the device comprising:
a stiffener comprising an enclosed wall comprising an inner stiffener surface and an outer stiffener surface, the wall forming a first rim and a second rim; a membrane made of a membrane material, the membrane comprising a first part configured to conform to the inner stiffener surface and including portions defining a membrane opening, and a second part enclosing the membrane opposite the membrane opening, wherein the membrane is folded inside the stiffener into a plurality of layers, the plurality of layers comprising a first layer that is adhesively attached to at least one of the inner stiffener surface and the outer stiffener surface, a second layer, and a third layer, the second layer including a second layer lip portion and the third layer including a third layer lip portion, the second layer lip portion and the third layer lip portion forming a lip circumferentially surrounding the outer stiffener surface proximate the first rim, the second layer folding over the first rim to form the second layer lip portion and reversing direction to become the third layer lip portion of the third layer, the third layer continuing inside the stiffener; a first weak adhesive attaching the second layer lip portion to at least one of the outside stiffener surface and the first layer; and a second adhesive attaching the first layer to the second layer inside the stiffener, wherein the second adhesive extends circumferentially inside the stiffener; wherein when the membrane is pulled by hand in a general direction from the first rim to the second rim, the first weak adhesive allows the second layer lip portion to separate from the third layer lip portion so that the lip is pulled into the stiffener, and the second adhesive allows the second layer to separate from the first layer with at least part of the second adhesive remaining disposed circumferentially on the first layer, so that pushing inwardly on the stiffener near said at least part of the second adhesive seals contents inside the membrane.